Daylight today
Jacksonville gets 11 hours 12 minutes of daylight today, 1 min 40 sec less than yesterday. That's 1 hour 1 minute more than on the darkest day, December 21, 2025, when it got 10 h 11 min. The days are getting shorter until the shortest day of the year.
What sets Jacksonville apart
- The sun is highest at 1:26 PM on the longest day, 26 minutes after 1 PM, because Jacksonville sits far west in its time zone. Its evenings run late and its mornings start late.
- Jacksonville sits at about the latitude of Cairo, so their shortest and longest days are close to the same length.
- Its longest day is 3 h 55 min longer than its shortest: 14 h 6 min on the longest day against 10 h 11 min on the shortest.
First light and last light
Sunrise isn't when the day starts here. First light is at 7:11 AM, 24 minutes earlier, and last light at 7:12 PM, 24 minutes after sunset: 12 hours 1 minute of light in Jacksonville today, 11 h 12 min of it with the sun up. The sun is 6° below the horizon at each; how DaySight calculates these times.
Clock changes
On Sunday, November 1 the clocks go back. In Jacksonville that takes sunset from 6:41 PM the day before to 5:40 PM, and sunrise from 7:41 AM to 6:42 AM. The light shifts to the morning, where it does the most good for sleep.
The year in Jacksonville
Jacksonville swings from 10 h 11 min of daylight on December 22 to 14 h 6 min on June 21. Its earliest sunset, though, is on November 26, and its latest sunrise on January 4, 2027: the shortest day sits between the two.
Jacksonville's days run from 10 h 11 min to 14 h 6 min
Hours from sunrise to sunset on each day of 2026. Today is marked.
Source: DaySight, calculated from the sun's position over Jacksonville.
Month by month
| Month | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light | Sun up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6:59 AM | 7:25 AMfirst light 6:59 | 5:49 PMlast light 6:15 | 6:15 PM | 10 h 24 min |
| February | 6:43 AM | 7:08 AMfirst light 6:43 | 6:15 PMlast light 6:40 | 6:40 PM | 11 h 8 min |
| March | 7:14 AM | 7:37 AMfirst light 7:14 | 7:35 PMlast light 7:59 | 7:59 PM | 11 h 58 min |
| April | 6:35 AM | 7:00 AMfirst light 6:35 | 7:54 PMlast light 8:19 | 8:19 PM | 12 h 54 min |
| May | 6:07 AM | 6:34 AMfirst light 6:07 | 8:14 PMlast light 8:40 | 8:40 PM | 13 h 41 min |
| June | 5:58 AM | 6:25 AMfirst light 5:58 | 8:31 PMlast light 8:58 | 8:58 PM | 14 h 6 min |
| July | 6:09 AM | 6:36 AMfirst light 6:09 | 8:31 PMlast light 8:58 | 8:58 PM | 13 h 55 min |
| August | 6:29 AM | 6:54 AMfirst light 6:29 | 8:10 PMlast light 8:35 | 8:35 PM | 13 h 15 min |
| September | 6:48 AM | 7:12 AMfirst light 6:48 | 7:34 PMlast light 7:58 | 7:58 PM | 12 h 22 min |
| October | 7:05 AM | 7:29 AMfirst light 7:05 | 6:57 PMlast light 7:21 | 7:21 PM | 11 h 28 min |
| November | 6:28 AM | 6:53 AMfirst light 6:28 | 5:31 PMlast light 5:57 | 5:57 PM | 10 h 38 min |
| December | 6:50 AM | 7:17 AMfirst light 6:50 | 5:29 PMlast light 5:55 | 5:55 PM | 10 h 12 min |
Nearby
- Tampa, FL: 172 miles away, sunset today 6:53 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Atlanta: 285 miles away, sunset today 6:55 PM.
- Naples, FL: 290 miles away, sunset today 6:52 PM.
- Sunrise and sunset in Miami: 328 miles away, sunset today 6:46 PM.
All 51 cities: sunrise and sunset times by city.